A teacher once told me that I have a talent for writing, I should dig into it! I was a student. I didn't realize it as a talent at the time. At the time and for many years afterwards all I knew was that when the going got tough I wrote. In the difficult and in the beautiful I write because on paper it is easier to touch the complexity of my emotions.
So, when that difficult moment came, instantly, without thinking, the idea was born decisively: 'I will write a fairy tale'. Something I had never before thought of, worked on, conceived of!
I got up, went into my room, opened a notebook and in one afternoon, without much ado, wrote my first story.
My only concern, to keep something of this man here near me!
What is more important to keep beyond this kind of love, the kind of total love that leaves you free to make your easy and difficult journeys and discover your paths on your own?
And here you are, after 2 years, taking shape, I hold you in my hands and my only wish for you is that you make your own journey and give love to the little hands that will hold you!
Thank you for paving the way for something new, for bringing me closer to this side of me and for making me...a writer!
- The Secret of Squirrel Bee
